Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-07-11
TIE MAN FROgI YUMA.
FLOR III e INDE EVIDENT !

tjwn OF Eik"," ,relna rked y chilly look
ing individual in biz ovrrcoat and
bearskiD- cap. ss he dismnunted fron,a
cayuse at tho door of the Gem Hotel
yesterday afternoon. ''You must be n
pretty baby race Of people to he knock
ing about in your slirt sleeves lin a
climate like this" he continued, sur;
veyinE the usu'if group who wac sitting
around supporting life between drinks
by breathing All atmosphere l03 degrees
i'll the shade. "Sce her, landlord :" he
went on, addressing B,rtlettS who had
stepped forward to receive him, II want
y'u to let me have IL ronm fur nspossible
from them suoW-clad .nuuntniis off
there at the back, room with stove
ip, and I would like n fire, and n foot
warmer put in my bed" '.Sorry to
givc'you no much trouble, but you see,
hc continued. pulling off hs heavy
WOODEN gloves and rubbing his hands
briskly, II amt used to the frigid zone,
and it comes kind u hard on me. B,r
keep, mines IL gInss of hot whiskey,
and don't You forget the ginger.
What's ,oufs rgentlemen2". he asked,
turning to the prsspiring group.
"Aust be pretty wnrm down your
wny," remarked O,trricher, ns he pro
ceeled TO fill the order? We'll, yes"
replied the stranger, Sits tolernbly
warm down in Yuma, skntins mint
greatly in fashion there, nnd srowshoes
wasn't much worn when came away,
md there amt any sold satisfaction to
beg ont OF hunting Polar benrs in
our section about this tins OF year.
Elbow high might the thrrlnemeter
range in your locality" hlundIy nske1
the genius who runs the meteorological
department Of the INDEpENDENT. and
who, rs liz his custom, had been inger-
ing about Oh the off ohanre of sOme
good Samaritan giving tue order TO
'set 'ein up for the crowd" ..@
"Wrll," answered the Y,ma mnn, "it
ain't knowpi you see. We hnyn't O lad
der that will ronch high enou5 III to get
1t It,, aIrl us our folks amt particular
60 IL hundred or two grees OF heat, no
one tries 10 find out suppose" lie
went on musiugly. "In n cold Climate
like this. when you want to get ut the
you have to dig down.
Down our way We doL't 80 much on
theruiomcters any how, the blamed
things re always either boi ing over or
bursting up, and scattering red hot
quicksilver about, NJ" he continued,
after pause. 1--WE can always tell when
it's waEnl by things happeaipg around
us. One day last week, for instance, u
China wash bouso keeper died, md
He&t afternoon his chums started to
carry him to the grave; well, they
hadn't got more thnp block from the
"hanty when the body dropped out on /
20 tho rond. md upon looking for the
CAUSE of the spill, they found that the
coffin had been built Of green lumber,
aud ns soon AZ they got iii in the sun it
shrunk 80 bad that the dGfuuot slipped
throuGh b"twceh the joiuts, and before
they g"thin gathered up again, he Ind
f'izzled 40 th"t people living in the
mel nhorh ood who got sniff, thought
Che tan yard was ON fire.
"rhen agnin," resumed the strnnehr.
niter lighting cignr to thaw lis nose.
IN hc said, whe day before lett, ono
u them watering carts thy use TO
sprinkle the sheets had. just been filed
AID WIS left outside snioon while the
drivcr went in to drive another nail in
f'is coffin; welL the sun struck on Il
onh made sleam generate 80 fast that it
dew mp. scaldiug the horse to death, md
~ ;tated the driver 80 he had to- drive in
snother nail to. s0olhe his nerves. Now
jo9s s1e gentlemen, when things, like
'1at happen we know without looking
>; any thermometers, that there ain: